Friday, December 28, 2012

Finer needles

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Currently the finest needles in my needle chest: That is 1/4 " graph paper.  They are pointy.  In the summer, leather aprons are...
Thursday, December 27, 2012

The Briar Patch of Cowbands

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A big part of learning to use knitting sheath is learning to properly secure it to your body.  Different knitting sheath designs work best...
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Wednesday, December 05, 2012

Swaving with straight needles

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Many modern DPN fail when bent for swaving.  Can one swave with straight needles? Well, no! Swaving requires the needles to rotate f...
Sunday, December 02, 2012

First video of swaving

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The rain has paused, and there is enough light for video.  Unfortunately the I have a limited number of good swaving needles at this time t...
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Thursday, November 29, 2012

Why don't I post more of my knitting?

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Because I have too many things on my plate! Knitting sheath  for with set needle adapters for straight DPN  in 7 sizes. (this ...
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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Knitting Sheaths for Swaving

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The straight needle techniques that I have worked out for knitting with a knitting sheaths work better when the needle is held more or less...
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Monday, November 26, 2012

more Swaving

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The key to ergonomic swaving is the correct needles.  When I first made up swaving needles, I was working from a sample of  a glove needle,...
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Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving

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My wife was napping, the sauces were simmering, and I was putting fingers on some new ski gloves. One of the needles was a second (not go...
Monday, November 12, 2012

Tools for knitting gloves

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I understand that new new edition of The Hand Knitters of the Dales will be out shortly, and I thought I should revisit glove making tools....
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Friday, September 28, 2012

Steel needles in the Low Lands

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I went off to Flanders without crocus cloth. Here in California, it tends to be dry enough that my knitting polishes my needles as fast a...
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Fractured History

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"All the history texts" say that Flanders got rich selling cloth. They may have made their money selling cloth, but the quality...
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Saturday, July 28, 2012

Why Cables?

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Like a Socratic question or a question used to teach Shaolin monks, this question has many layers. First, why gansey knit? (i.e., knit wi...
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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Snow is coming!

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Every cell phone needs a gansey! Also fits my little camera.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012

A Skeiner

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I should have done this sooner.  Way sooner. The royal profile of  Casimir the Great The back side of  Casimi...
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Monday, July 09, 2012

Shaker Rockets

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There is the age old problem of winding off. The Shakers had a neat kind of bobbin.  See for example "silk reel" at  http://pwe...
Sunday, July 08, 2012

The Glory of Skeins

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As a knitter, I put up with skeins as one puts up with cold rain on a camping trip.  They were something that had to be endured while one ...
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Thursday, July 05, 2012

80s from 80s

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This summer's project is to spin a pound of combed fiber into 80 hanks of 560 yards each. In total, it means spinning about 26 miles of...

A Fast Squirrel Cage Swift

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Fine (lace) yarns in a skein want a squirrel cage swift because there is less rotational momentum, and the yarns are less likely to be stre...
Saturday, June 30, 2012

New Knitting Sheath Adapter System

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I have been looking for a better system for connecting the needle adapters to the knitting sheaths.  I now have the solution.  To be frank,...
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Sunday, May 13, 2012

Winding off of a precise DRS bobbin assembly

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For high grist singles, I use a precise DRS bobbin to flier ratio without slippage.  This means that the twist inserted in to the yarn chan...
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